Bethel is a town in Oxford County, Maine, United States. It includes the villages of West Bethel and South Bethel. The town is home to Gould Academy, a private preparatory school, and is near the Sunday River ski resort.

On June 10, 1796, Sudbury-Canada Plantation was incorporated as Bethel. The name taken was from the Book of Genesis and means "House of God."

According to the US census, the town has a total area of 65.9 square miles, of which, 64.8 square miles is land and 1.1 square miles (1.70%) is water. Located among the Oxford Hills, Bethel is drained by the Androscoggin River.

As of the 2000 census there were 2,411 people, 1,034 households, and 677 families residing in the town. The population density was 37.2 people per square mile. There were 1,448 housing units at an average density of 22.3 per square mile.

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